Birecik
Birecik | |
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District and municipality | |
Map showing Birecik District in Şanlıurfa Province | |
| Coordinates: 37°01′30″N 37°58′37″E / 37.02500°N 37.97694°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şanlıurfa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Begit (Ind.) |
| • Kaymakam | Mustafa Gürbüz |
Area | 912 km2 (352 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 93,866 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 63400 |
| Area code | 0414 |
| Website | www |
Birecik is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 93,866 (2023). It lies on the Euphrates.
Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly north-south, and just below a sharp bend in the stream, where it follows that course after coming from a long reach flowing more from the west".